5 Lower King Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AL
Approved on 30 September 2025
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
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Proposal
Installation of two air source heat pumps and concrete bases, with associated screening (as amended by information and plans received 28th August 2025 and 9th September 2025).
- Received
- 15 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Royston Heath Ward
- ReceivedReceived15 May
- ValidatedValidated15 May
- Consult.Consultation11 Jun
- TargetTarget Date7 Oct
- DecidedDecided30 Sep
Decided in 138 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 5 Lower King Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AL. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 138 days, 13 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Royston conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Royston Heath Ward. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 postcode area.
92% of full applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- SG8 5AL
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Royston Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 11 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 21 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 October 2025
- Decision issued
- 1 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 1 October 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 145 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 June 2025
- Site notice end
- 18 June 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13942056
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Royston
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Source: North Hertfordshire
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